Connie Walker
@conniewalker.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize + Peabody award-winning journalist http://instagram.com/_connie_walker Nehiyaw from Okanese
Kevin O'Leary's AI data centre dreams for Alberta have taken a hit after an Edmonton judge ruled Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation's request for a judicial review can go ahead. The Nation wants the review because it says it wasn't consulted.
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation wins first victory against AI data centre
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation's application for a judicial review in the granting of a water license for a massive AI data centre will go ahead.
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FIRST AMERICA would not have been possible without the incredible team that helped put it together. It has been a tremendous effort, and we wouldn't be here without the talent and dedication of everyone involved. I am so grateful.
Large datacenters, some the size of small towns, can require up to 5m gallons of water a day, equivalent to the water use of up to 50,000 people, in order to provide cooling to arrays of humming networked computers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI
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A CBC investigation into Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity claims uncovered a birth certificate showing Sainte-Marie was born in Massachusetts to Italian-American parents, contradicting decades of biographies & press describing her as Algonquin, Mi’kmaw and later Cree. pagesix.com/2026/05/15/c...
Oscar-winning folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of honorary degree after faking Indigenous ancestry
The University of Toronto announced it has rescinded the singer-songwriter’s honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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Breaking: U.S. health officials are monitoring 16 additional people across the country for symptoms of hantavirus whom the CDC has not previously mentioned. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/h...
16 More People in the U.S. Are Being Monitored for Hantavirus, C.D.C. Says
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In May's Show & Tell, @craigsilverman.bsky.social and I are joined by Amnesty International's Barbara Marcolini. Barbara spoke about her role as a journalist in a human rights org. and walked us through how she documented the Israeli military's destruction of civilian infrastructure in Lebanon.
How an OSINT Investigator Documented the Israeli Army’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon
YouTube video by Indicator
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"Irresponsible use [of AI in journalism] needs to be treated as seriously as any other act of fabrication. If it isn’t, it’s a tacit admission that these professional ethics are meaningless." - @michellecyca.com on 🔥 about the NYT's not-small AI hallucination whoopsie thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...
The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting | The Walrus
Despite how the newspaper downplayed it, this is—in fact—a big deal
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Trump Says Americans’ Economic Pain Is Not a Consideration for the Iran War www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
Trump Says Americans’ Economic Pain Is Not a Consideration for the Iran War
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In 2025, @hannarosin.bsky.social spoke with Stacey Abrams and Vann Newkirk to examine what an era without the Voting Rights Act could mean for Black voters, democracy, and control of Congress. Revisit this episode of "Radio Atlantic":
If the Voting Rights Act Falls
The Supreme Court appears ready to hobble the landmark civil-rights law. What does that mean for Black voters, democracy, and control of Congress?
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Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late. Connie Walker to get help from law and journalism students to gather and preserve records. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen... via @cbcnews.ca @conniewalker.bsky.social #reconciliation #journalism
Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC News
A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.
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I have questions regarding Rogers's dismissal of Tina Yazdani
Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦@normsworld.bsky.social · 5mo agoBreaking from @policornerca.bsky.social: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation. www.policorner.ca/p/scoop-the-... #topoli #onpoli
Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.
CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits
The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.
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The James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan wants answers from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations after the recent forensic audit was completed by the federal government and the KPMG Accounting Firm.
Cree Nation wants answers from Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations after audit | APTN News
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Ford gov't in Ont moves to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps. (From TorStar) thestar.com/news/ontario... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps
The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.
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Jesse Brown insists he’s done nothing wrong Banned from Reddit and accused of phishing critics, Canadaland’s founder is leading a chaotic 'investigation' into an army of sockpuppet accounts
Jesse Brown Insists He’s Done Nothing Wrong
Banned from Reddit and accused of phishing critics, Canadaland’s founder is leading a chaotic 'investigation' into an army of sockpuppet accounts
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NEW: Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
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NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social
An Edmonton-born man has spent the last four months in a U.S. ICE detention centre. He now faces deportation edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonto...
An Edmonton-born man has spent the last four months in a U.S. ICE detention centre. He now faces deportation
An Edmonton man was detained by ICE in November after coming back to his home in Texas from a work trip in Mexico. He now faces deportation.
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Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent. Her lawyer believes that her case should be studied as a “playbook” for D.H.S. violence. “She’s one of the few people who has survived the bullets and can speak out,” he said. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/j0manC
The Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”
When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, with it, a sense of reality.
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Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories
Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.
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Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they're destroyed - Petition has over 11,000 signatures asking government to save residential school files www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they're destroyed | CBC News
An attempt to preserve files documenting some of the worst harms caused by Indian Residential Schools could soon head to Parliament.
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In January, we went inside the Dilley detention center. Children shared letters describing the anguish of being ripped from their lives: propub.li/4cUHm8L After publishing that story, we learned about Edison, a 13-year-old from Chicago detained for 2+ months. Listen to Edison in his own words 👇
We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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Breaking news: Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year because of his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read more:
Lawrence Summers resigns from teaching at Harvard over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
The former U.S. treasury secretary and former Harvard University president’s decision follows a review of documents that showed the nature of his relationship with the disgraced financier.
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“I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long,” wrote 9-year-old Susej, who said she had been held at Dilley detention center for more than 50 days.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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We found the Trump administration kept about 300 kids at the Dilley detention center for more than a month, despite a long-standing legal settlement that generally limits the time children can be held in detention to 20 days.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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